CURRENTS: WHO KNEW?

CURRENTS: WHO KNEW?; A Web Site With Closeouts at Bargain-Basement Prices

By MARIANNE ROHRLICH

Published: June 27, 2002

Everyone needs to store something: clothes, CD's, garden tools, sports equipment. A good solution is usually the simplest. The best solution of all is the simplest at a bargain-basement price. Stacks and Stacks, a housewares retailer in Northern California with a catalog, has a Web site that contains a ''hot deals'' department of closeouts and sale items -- as much as 30 to 60 percent off retail cost. Products change often because of availability. This week, for instance, computer desks for the home office can be found. A 36-inch workstation was $179 and is now $99. A wooden CD rack that holds 108 discs dropped from $79 to $49. A metal sports rack (right) that holds golf bags, shoes, baseball bats and the other equipment crowding the front hall was cut to $49.99 from $89.99; (800) 761-5222 or www.stacksandstacks.com.

MARIANNE ROHRLICH

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